The attack on the World Trade Center kills 43 HERE members; the resulting economic downturn costs thousands of HERE and UNITE members their jobs

2002

Workers at the Marriott Hotel in San Francisco negotiate 1st contract after a 22-year fight.UNITE forms partnerships with the NAACP and the Sierra Club to further civil and workers’ rights & bring the environmental and labor movements together.

2003

HERE & UNITE work together on the Immigrant Workers Freedom Ride, the Yale strike and H&M organizing campaign

2004

HERE & UNITE merge to create UNITE HERE

2005

Atlantic City strike settled for over 10,000 workers

2006

UNITE HERE Hotel contracts settled for over 60,000 hotel workers in 400 hotels across North America